A bendable displaying apparatus of the present disclosure includes two housings, a supporting device, and a bendable display. The supporting device is fastened to the two housings and is arranged between the two housings. The supporting device includes a retainer, two supporting units, a first supporting plate, and two second supporting plates. The bendable display is disposed on the two housings, the first supporting plate, and the two second supporting plates. When the two housings are moved to stack with each other, the two housings drive the two supporting units to move the two second supporting plates along a direction away from each other and drives the retainer to downwardly move the first supporting plate, so that the two second supporting plates and the first supporting plate jointly form a space that provides the bendable display to deform therein.
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1. A bendable displaying apparatus, comprising: two housings; a supporting device disposed between the two housings and pivotally connected to the two housings, wherein the supporting device includes: a retainer having two opposite end boards, wherein each of the two end boards of the retainer has two slanted sliding slots recessed therein, and two sides of the two housings are respectively and pivotally connected to the two end boards of the retainer; two supporting units disposed on the retainer and respectively located adjacent to the two end boards of the retainer, wherein each of the two supporting units includes: two connecting levers each having a first end portion and an opposite second end portion, wherein the first end portions of the connecting levers of the two supporting units are respectively and pivotally connected to the two sides of the two housings, and the second end portions of the connecting levers of the two supporting units each have a sliding shaft, and wherein the sliding shafts of the connecting levers of the two supporting units are respectively and slidably arranged in the slanted sliding slots of the retainer, so that the second end portions of the connecting levers of the two supporting units are respectively slidable relative to the two end boards of the retainer; and each of the two supporting units having an interlocking seat, wherein the interlocking seats of the two supporting units are liftably disposed on the retainer and each are connected to the two housings; a first supporting plate fixed to the interlocking seats of the two supporting units; two second supporting plates fixed to the connecting levers of the two supporting units; and two positioning mechanisms respectively arranged adjacent to and positioned with the interlocking seats of the two supporting units, wherein when the two housings are rotated to locate on a same plane and are located at a flat position, the sliding shafts of the connecting levers are arranged at one end of the slanted sliding slots adjacent to the interlocking seats, wherein when the two housings are rotated to stack with each other and are located at a folded position, the sliding shafts of the connecting levers are arranged at the other end of the slanted sliding slots away from the interlocking seats, and wherein when the two housings are rotated from the flat position toward the folded position, each of the sliding shafts is moved along the corresponding slanted sliding slot, and the two housings drive the interlocking seats of the two supporting units to downwardly move; and a bendable display mounted on the two housings, the first supporting plate, and the two second supporting plates, wherein when the two housings are rotated to stack with each other, the two housings rotate the connecting levers of the two supporting units to move the two second supporting plates along a direction away from each other, and the two housings drive the interlocking seats of the two supporting units to downwardly move the first supporting plate, so that the two second supporting plates and the first supporting plate jointly form a space that provides the bendable display to deform therein, and wherein the two positioning mechanisms are configured to allow the bendable displaying apparatus to be selectively maintained at the flat position and the folded position.
2. The bendable displaying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in one of the two sides of the retainer, a distance between one ends of the two sliding slots is less than a distance between the other ends of the two sliding slots.
3. The bendable displaying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two positioning mechanisms includes a toggle lever, a slider, and an elastic member, wherein in each of the two positioning mechanisms, the toggle lever is pivotally connected to the corresponding retainer by a spinning shaft thereof, one end of the toggle lever is connected to the corresponding interlocking seat, and the other end of the toggle lever has an abutting end, wherein in each of the two positioning mechanisms, the slider is slidably disposed on the retainer, one end of the slider is abutted against the elastic member, and the other end of the slider has a first positioning surface and a second positioning surface, wherein when the two housings are rotated to stack with each other, each of the interlocking seats drives the corresponding toggle lever to spin along a first direction, so that the abutting end of the corresponding toggle lever is abutted against the second positioning surface of the corresponding slider, and wherein when the two housings are rotated to locate on the same plane, each of the interlocking seats drives the corresponding toggle lever to spin along a second direction opposite to the first direction, so that the abutting end of the corresponding toggle lever is abutted against the first positioning surface of the corresponding slider.
4. The bendable displaying apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein in each of the two positioning mechanisms, each of the first positioning surface and the second positioning surface of the slider is a slanting surface, and the second positioning surface is arranged above the first positioning surface.
5. The bendable displaying apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein each of the toggle levers has a slot, each of the interlocking seats has a protruding shaft, and each of the toggle levers and the corresponding interlocking seat are connected to each other through a cooperation between the slot and the protruding shaft thereof.
6. A supporting device for being pivotally connected to two housings, comprising: a retainer having two opposite end boards, wherein the two end boards of the retainer are configured to respectively and pivotally connect to two sides of the two housings, and each of the two end boards of the retainer has two slanted sliding slots recessed therein; two supporting units disposed on the retainer and respectively located adjacent to the two end boards of the retainer, wherein each of the two supporting units includes: two connecting levers each having a first end portion and an opposite second end portion, wherein the first end portions of the connecting levers of the two supporting units are configured to respectively and pivotally connect to the two sides of the two housings, and the second end portions of the connecting levers of the two supporting units each have a sliding shaft, and wherein the sliding shafts of the connecting levers of the two supporting units are respectively and slidably arranged in the slanted sliding slots of the retainer, so that the second end portions of the connecting levers of the two supporting units are respectively slidable relative to the two end boards of the retainer; and each of the two supporting units having an interlocking seat, wherein the interlocking seats of the two supporting units are liftably disposed on the retainer and each are configured to connect to the two housings, wherein when the two housings are rotated to locate on a same plane and are located at a flat position, the sliding shafts of the connecting levers are arranged at one end of the slanted sliding slots adjacent to the interlocking seats, wherein when the two housings are rotated to stack with each other and are located at a folded position, the sliding shafts of the connecting levers are arranged at the other end of the slanted sliding slots away from the interlocking seats, and wherein when the two housings are rotated from the flat position toward the folded position, each of the sliding shafts is moved along the corresponding slanted sliding slot, and the two housings drive the interlocking seats of the two supporting units to downwardly move; and a first supporting plate fixed to the interlocking seats of the two supporting units; two second supporting plates respectively fixed to the connecting levers of the two supporting units; and two positioning mechanisms respectively arranged adjacent to and positioned with the interlocking seats of the two supporting units wherein when the two housings are rotated to stack with each other, the two housings rotate the connecting levers of the two supporting units to move the two second supporting plates along a direction away from each other, and the two housings drive the interlocking seats of the two supporting units to downwardly move the first supporting plate, so that the two second supporting plates and the first supporting plate jointly form a space that provides a bendable display to deform therein, and wherein the two positioning mechanisms are configured to allow the supporting device to be selectively maintained at the flat position and the folded position.
7. The supporting device according to claim 6 , wherein in one of the two sides of the retainer, a distance between one ends of the two sliding slots is less than a distance between the other ends of the two sliding slots.
8. The supporting device according to claim 6 , wherein each of the two positioning mechanisms includes a toggle lever, a slider, and an elastic member, wherein in each of the two positioning mechanisms, the toggle lever is pivotally connected to the corresponding retainer by a spinning shaft thereof, one end of the toggle lever is connected to the corresponding interlocking seat, and the other end of the toggle lever has an abutting end, wherein in each of the two positioning mechanisms, the slider is slidably disposed on the retainer, one end of the slider is abutted against the elastic member, and the other end of the slider has a first positioning surface and a second positioning surface, wherein when the two housings are rotated to stack with each other, each of the interlocking seats drives the corresponding toggle lever to spin along a first direction, so that the abutting end of the corresponding toggle lever is abutted against the second positioning surface of the corresponding slider, and wherein when the two housings are rotated to locate on the same plane, each of the interlocking seats drives the corresponding toggle lever to spin along a second direction opposite to the first direction, so that the abutting end of the corresponding toggle lever is abutted against the first positioning surface of the corresponding slider.
9. The supporting device according to claim 8 , wherein in each of the two positioning mechanisms, each of the first positioning surface and the second positioning surface of the slider is a slanting surface, and the second positioning surface is arranged above the first positioning surface.
10. The supporting device according to claim 8 , wherein in each of the toggle levers has a slot, each of the interlocking seats has a protruding shaft, and each of the toggle levers and the corresponding interlocking seat are connected to each other through a cooperation between the slot and the protruding shaft thereof.
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